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Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Topic: RBI

With US Fed tightening, RBI seen prudent in spending forex reserves to defend rupee

Sources said that RBI is intervening in all foreign-exchange markets including the offshore markets and will continue to do so to protect the rupee which slid to a record low Monday.

Why didn’t RBI raise key interest rate much earlier despite rising inflation? Here’s a theory

RBI’s mistake may have been in interpreting its mandate to keep retail inflation at 4%, with 2% leeway, as permitting it to do nothing even when inflation was at or near 6%.

India’s surprise rate hike spurs aggressive tightening bets

The Reserve Bank of India stunned markets Wednesday with a 40 basis point rate increase and a move to suck out billions from the banking system.

RBI raises repo rate to 4.4% on elevated inflation outlook, governor cites ‘global price shocks’

Shaktikanta Das says strengthening of inflation impulses & persistence of adverse global price shocks poses upward risks to inflation trajectory presented in April MPC resolution.

RBI rate-setter signals increase in borrowing cost in June after prepping market

The Reserve Bank of India earlier this month said it would begin focusing on withdrawing accommodation while still holding rates steady at a record low of 4%.

RBI likely to extend rate pause, revise its inflation outlook

The central bank will likely raise its inflation outlook to reflect costlier oil while leaving borrowing costs steady at this week’s meeting.

Traders pin hopes on RBI to manage bond-market as it confronts record debt supply

The Reserve Bank of India faces the challenge of keeping bond yields in check as the government kicks off an unprecedented 14.31 trillion rupees of annual borrowing in April.

SBI, Kotak asset managers split on whether RBI is falling behind in normalising inflation policy

The Reserve Bank of India has confounded market expectations with its accommodative policy even as inflation breached its 6% limit for two months.

Indian banks ‘unprepared’ for climate-related risks, RBI must take action, new report says

None of the 34 banks Climate Risk Horizons analysed have assessed the resilience of their portfolios in the face of climate change. Only 2 have committed to stop funding new coal power plants.

On Camera

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Emergency procurement done, India & US working on co-manufacturing Javelin anti-tank missiles

The Government of India has requested to buy up to 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles too. Excalibur artillery munition was used in Op Sindoor against Pakistan.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.